Sacred Places
51 places found
HinduismDhamrai Jagannath Roth
· India · temple
A historic wooden chariot (rath) of Lord Jagannātha kept at Dhamrai in Bangladesh, central to one of the most significant Hindu Rath Yātrā festivals in the country.
HinduismDodda Ganeshana Gudi
· India · temple
A historic Hindu temple in the Basavanagudi neighbourhood of south Bengaluru, India, dedicated to Lord Gaṇeśa and known to devotees for its great monolithic mūrti of the deva.
HinduismErawan Shrine
· Thailand · temple
A beloved Bangkok shrine to Phra Phrom — the Thai form of the Hindu creator-god Brahma — and a striking example of the syncretism of Hinduism and Buddhism in Thai religious life.
HinduismGokarneshwor Mahadev temple
· Nepal · temple
Gokarneshwor Mahadev Temple, near the village of Gokarna in Nepal's Kathmandu Valley, is a Hindu shrine sacred to Shiva, who is venerated here as the Lord of Gokarna.
HinduismGrishneshwar temple
· India · temple
Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga in Verul village of Maharashtra is one of the twelve jyotirlinga shrines of Shiva, the self-manifest abodes of light considered among the most sacred temples in Shaiva tradition.
HinduismJagannath Temple
· India · temple
The Jagannath Temple at Puri on the coast of Odisha is one of the holiest Vaishnava shrines of India, honouring Jagannath, the Lord of the Universe, a form of Vishnu worshipped alongside his brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra.
HinduismJoy Kali Temple
· Bangladesh · temple
Joy Kali Mandir in Dhaka is a centuries-old Hindu temple dedicated to Maa Kali, set between Thathari Bazar and Wari on the road that bears the temple's name.
HinduismKailasa Temple, Ellora
· India · temple
The Kailasa Temple at Ellora is the largest rock-cut Hindu temple in the world, carved from a single basalt cliff in the eighth century as an earthly form of Mount Kailasa, the abode of Shiva.
HinduismKal Bhairab Temple
· Bangladesh · temple
Kal Bhairab Mandir in Medda, Brahmanbaria district of Bangladesh, is a Hindu temple sacred to Shiva in his fierce form as Kal Bhairab, known for an exceptionally tall Shivalinga revered by Shaivite devotees.
HinduismKalighat Kali Temple
· India · temple
Kalighat Kali Mandir in Kolkata is among the holiest Shakta shrines in India, dedicated to Maa Kali and counted as one of the fifty-one Shakti Pithas, where the body of Sati is said to have fallen to earth.
HinduismKaliya jue Temple
· Bangladesh · temple
Kaliya Jue Mandir in Dinajpur, Bangladesh, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Bhagwan Krishna, set in the historic precincts west of the Dinajpur Rajbari.
HinduismKandariya Mahadeva Temple
· India · temple
The Kandariya Mahadeva Mandir at Khajuraho is the largest and most richly ornamented temple of the western group, a Chandela-era sanctuary of the eleventh century dedicated to Shiva as the Great God of the Cave.